Xbox Adds Six New Features In August 12th Update, Now Available To Download
As per the update notes on the Xbox website, there are six new features that are going public as part of the August update, although most of them have been in testing with Xbox Insiders for at least a few weeks now. In terms of highlights, there are a few Xbox 360-specific improvements for Game Hubs, and we also find it surprising that Windows Phone games will now start appearing as part of your achievement history! There's also a very important new feature that will allow you to access older cloud saves in the case of a corruption issue, although it's only being rolled out with Forza Horizon 6 at first.
- ▪As per the update notes on the Xbox website, there are six new features that are going public as part of the August update, although most of them have been in testing with Xbox Insiders for at least a few weeks now.
- ▪In terms of highlights, there are a few Xbox 360-specific improvements for Game Hubs, and we also find it surprising that Windows Phone games will now start appearing as part of your achievement history!
- ▪There's also a very important new feature that will allow you to access older cloud saves in the case of a corruption issue, although it's only being rolled out with Forza Horizon 6 at first.
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NewsXboxConsoleUpdatesXbox Series XXbox Series SXbox One Xbox Adds Six New Features In August 12th Update, Now Available To Download Grab it manually or wait for the automatic install by Fraser Gilbert7 hours ago Share: The latest public update for Xbox consoles has officially begun rolling out this evening (August 12th), with the update now available to download manually via the Settings menu - it'll also be installed automatically in the very near future. As per the update notes on the Xbox website, there are six new features that are going public as part of the August update, although most of them have been in testing with Xbox Insiders for at least a few weeks now.
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